Show in j jOUR r OUR LONDON LITERARY J I I j t 4 I Special Correspondence I London london Jan 28 Headers on 11 this isle ilde sido of or tho the water are ar getting decidedly II curl furU outs ous to know knO how hems hol much there ther really h I behind all ni the suggestions that beers been b cl made aa u to 10 the tho existence nl of ot literary ghosts ghost cheJI That Is II unknown scribes who are said to will novels short stories or ulmi not to tn be b signed by IW I authors of or reputation published ns Its 18 their work vork Anti And that the public should houll be hI getting In this timis question Is rut her natural considering the time of o some seine III of ut tIme the III state statements It t ments ment that have been made lade of o late It I was wo the remarkable letter signed Klile Proxy tail In lit II The rhe Author the of ot the Society Iel of nt Au Authors thors that started tIme tha discussion dl u kJ Us Its ls writer wrier who tyke himself as II the thu thureal thereal real author of ot tWO Lao stories that lint have tip serially nn RII l In II book form Corm s time the original work of ot a I IH lit lt i m nr man declared that the time occupation of o literary lemr ghost was quite a 1 common one clue Moreover title this particular i spirit nt defended his lila culling calling sturdily sturl I may maybo he bo allowed nowel perhaps I he hI began to 10 draw drw attention to the tho iso advantages II which the system of or farming fiction I may maybo bo be said to possess 1 where tho limo interests of 0 the tho unknown writer tho cheat tho hack the proxy call him hint what you OU will are at stake Personally he ho went on 01 Ingenious Ingeniously ly I 1 I look upon time tho tl well known writer who lio farms arms out omit olt his work as nB a n sort ort of oC ent being and not ns no ninny many appear to consider him a 1 species of oC Impostor Ask ak any nn writer of ot fiction and ho lie will 1111 tell toll you ou that every ever eer year the time applications ho receives for forlong or long stories lorl 8 OH nM ns ste for tor short hort stories fI Increased until It mis ms come ome to this title 1 I Ho lie must decline to undertake to got Fot through more than u Il comparatively small mull amount of or work 2 h Ii must mist scamp a portion of ot the tho work worl he ho huts has agreed to do and thus thull In let the long run ruin his reputation for or pro producing producing Interesting stories 3 he lie must call III In tho the aid of ot a proxy or In him other words farm arni out Jut time tho surplus the lie appearance of oC this timis letter latter thero there have hao been b n attempts notably on tile the part of ot time the he Society of or explain It 11 away ns 18 a Cl t Jeu JCU but hut thero Is I a I general belief helle notwithstanding ing lug that document was tax genuine And 1111 as tin the time result of ut Inquiries In iii the New Ne Grub Street of or today tOda the writer found t no one prepare to deny tho the lonco once of ot literary ghosts It was wits de tie declared In fact 1101 anti and the of or both parties to 10 the time transaction given Ilven that hint one Otto of nt time the utmost most fatuous famous writers In III timis country who lion hUll been represented by h rather n a considerable con amount of ot work In III the put past year hail had been dependent for Cor much of or It upon time the efforts effort of ot n Il apaul paul paid hack tho undistinguished husband of ot a st rather well vell known knowlI woman writer rime Tho thing seemed 81 ell Incredible but my III Informants declared that there thero was IM no doubt douht about It whatever As Atm might perhaps bo be expected tho thin editor of ot n a popular magazine declared when Intervened on the tho subject that hint tho the ghost stories were absurd If It lail work appears r a n popular twine MM this tile editor Id Hor ho un holl p will ll soon noon decline In lii public favor where I M fill on 01 the lb other nilmer hand If It a n ghost can l turn arms out omit ton t good work thorn them 1 Is its every Nry reason for tor him tr Ir write under tinier his hID own name and g RIt gt t pail vat I more f them th In a I lurda Ird a It state i m ni by h one omm who des na as mm II that If he Ii h hail something to roll Ill and ond needed the time money manney Immediately of ot hawking his hili work wIJk around or lm out lays days 11 Ing a 1 cheek check h ho took toIk It 1 to 10 n a popular A niter whose wink Ik it h III In constant de tie Ii 1111 and amid obtained cash down for It ItI ItI m I tell sell It to hint him he lie said saul and amul ho CAli do whit what he likes 1111 with it There Is U Uno no fraud on time the public for or tim the popular writer I J meter infer to knows what his edi edl editors tors tars want hr hI edits e for editors Tho Th 11 editors know knoll or nr urn rums presumed to know what time the public want allt and Aud they edit for or 1 till Ilic ii public It Is I likely however that there thero rc wont vont Ue Je all I I round If It the Ute public frets tu tOJ know definitely l that this sort of oC thing thinK Is II common I I I of at HIder lIag novels runt rill of ot If The TIm Yellow hIow Van would III I enjoyed Mm beIng h present at nt the meeting of or trustees ot t the hI Garden I nty Cit In London the tho other day un Ila for or both betim tho the author of at n Shed She anti and Mr Ir were pw present ent and spoke This scheme home of o founding a ti model village for working peoples near neer London on the tho hues linos of ot those 1 started 11 In the tIme country by b the tho philan philanthropist Si lx hover vcr Is 18 one that chimes chimps In exactly with time the view Iel which Ir haggard has expressed FO PO often of ot late Lite tumid and which Inspired no mo mutest t recent hook honk on time the authors I It II their Mewing blessing bl heartily KB hIm remarks were wro devoted tn tim tho th financial outlook for tor tho time lon dell city which he Ime found favorable i luit Mr Ir text ivna oIS the tho dill die toilet which ho lie said I II he lie found every everywhere eer everywhere where that tiny any good thing could bo ho botho the tho re ull of o creative effort believe bellove saul raid The Tit Yellow Mans au author author author thor that everything must grow groll not only Olmi In a I good historic sense but In a II sense en c that hint was neither good nor his bile historic 1 that It must run n a certain pro pre appointed course of ot evil n a kind of oC In hi which only loos dOl good by stealth i S tt I I Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Dole who nho la is standing ns as a II t parliamentary j date In tIle the Conservative Interest st for or tho the Scotch one enc Is begInning to have hlo his troubles Ills Ilia supporters who Include many 1 prominent tur t I ors ers are him with dreadful f I talen talon of ot hard times and bankruptcy In f t time the district hut but unfortunately time tho II an annual nual statement of ot the time Savings t published shown how that the time rec record record ord of ot deposits Il for or the last year watt wan wa m I t tho the largest lar lIt sluice the time Institutions es ell establishment Ii I Which has Inspired a mu Mb Lib I newspaper r to remark renmark rk rather cruel cruelly ly b I Sir Conan Corum may mn have hn n a greater tank music to explain away this fact net to the 1 electors I torl titan than to 10 explain away nn tho the death I of ot Sherlock Hh Holmes YOEN |